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'''Shamanism''' is the practice of identifying special individuals ('''shamans''') who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community. It was characteristic of the [[Korean]] kingdoms of the early [[medieval period]] and of the early societies of central Asia.

'''Shamanism''' is the practice of identifying special individuals ('''shamans''') who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community. Shamanic religions can be found in virtually all early civilizations. Shamanistic and animistic practicies and beliefs preceed poly and monotheistic beliefs and were probably the first belief systems that we would recognize as a religion.

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